AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH W-I- S-N 12 IS HONORING LOCAL STUDENTS CHARTING THEIR OWN COURSE AND MAKING MILWAUKEE PROUD. I SAT DOWN WITH ONE SUCH STUDENT, COLLINS MCCLAIN A SENIOR AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. YOUR TEACHERS DESCRIBE YOU AS DILIGENT, DEPENDABLE, AND A TRUE LEADER. AND YOU'RE IN A PROGRAM THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THAT COLLINS WELL I'M PART OF A PROGRAM CALLED LINK CREW, AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE HAVE INCOMING FRESHMAN COMING IN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE JUST CONFUSED. WE MEET UP WITH THEM BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN STARTS. IT WILL BE LIKE THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST. WE JUST MEET UP WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT GOES AROUND IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE JUST WANT TO GET THEIR MINDS RIGHT. TOYA YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT TOP TEENS. THEIR WAS A MOMENT WHEN YOU WERE VOLUNTEERING THAT YOU REALLY DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE THAT INTO, BUT IT SURPRISED YOU. COLLINS WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO CHRISTMAS CAROL AT AN OLD FOLKS NURSING HOME, AND I JUST FOUND IT VERY NICE THAT WE DID THAT. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM HAPPY AND THAT WE COULD SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER TO THEM. COLLINS IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE LOUVENIA JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP TO BE AWARDED AT THIS MONTHS BLACK EXCELLENCE AWARDS.